Emma Maria Mazzenga of Italy is etching her title in observe and area historical past on the age of 91. Competing within the W90+ class at a Masters occasion in Veneto, Italy final weekend, she clocked an unimaginable 54.47 seconds for 200m indoors, shattering the world file by 5 seconds.
Mazzenga maintained a powerful velocity of 13 km/hr for the 200m distance. Reaching such a feat is astounding, contemplating most can be content material simply to succeed in the age of 91, not to mention set a brand new age group world file with a tempo of 4:30/km. What provides to the awe of Mazzenga’s accomplishment is her unimaginable comeback. In response to Vogue Italy, she began coaching only a month earlier than her Jan 14 race, following a sternum fracture.
🔴#Atletica, la 90enne più veloce al mondo è di #Padova: batte il file dei 200 metri W90
Emma Maria Mazzenga, nata il 1 agosto 1933, con 54.47 ha demolito il precedente primato di 1.00.72, che resisteva da 13 anni#15gennaio
[Foto dal sito Fidal Veneto] pic.twitter.com/MWP5otU6OE— Tv2000.it (@TV2000it) January 15, 2024
The previous 200m indoor file for the W90+ class stood for 13 years and belonged to Canadian masters legend Olga Kotelko. Kotelko, who handed away in 2014 on the age of 95, held over 30 world information and gained greater than 750 gold medals within the masters competitions.
Mazzenga, a retired chemistry professor from northern Italy, solely began competing masters races on the age of 53. Now, at 90, she continues to defy norms and set information. A video of her record-breaking run has gone viral on TikTok and Instagram.
Mazzenga advised Vogue Italy that her secret to success is elegantly easy: she by no means stops. Every morning, Mazzenga takes a stroll along with her good friend, interspersed with biking between her walks and runs. “The emotion {that a} race provides me, the adrenaline I get each coaching session, it brings power to my days,” Mazzenga shared with Vogue Italy.
Regardless of setting a world file, Mazzenga stays humble and assured that she will be able to obtain even sooner occasions at her upcoming races on the Italian Masters Championships in Ancona, Italy, and the European championships in Torun, Poland, scheduled for March.
